2021 News from The Western Front Association
Membership subs held at existing levels for another year
We are sure that members will be delighted that the trustees have once again held the annual subs to the existing leve…
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Winterberg Tunnel discovery
According to a report from the BBC, a ‘lost’ tunnel has been opened up in the Chemin des Dames and “some of the 270 sold…
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Calling All Young Historians Aged 16-19
The Colin Hardy History Memorial Prize 2021 The annual competition to foster interest and scholarship in the First Wo…
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Virtual Tours - 'A Lousy Wood on the Somme' is now available to view
The third of the Virtual Tours that we are running as a substitute for 'real life' visits the battlefields is now availa…
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Virtual Tours - 'The Battle for Scimitar Hill' is now available to view
Members of The Western Front Association will be aware that - in order to beat 'lockdown blues' we have invested in a se…
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Stand To ! No. 121 Recently Published
Contents Communication Lines 2–6 A Bridge Too Many on the Oise by Michael Carragher 7–11 A Short Spell on Mudr…
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Project Alias - searchable database available
For a number of months during 2020 a large number of members of The Western Front Association have been undertaking a gr…
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Virtual Tours - 'The Rearguard affair at Etreux' is now available to view
Members of The Western Front Association will be aware of the 'Virtual Tours' we have invested in, as an antidote to the…
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Announcing the publication of 2.9 million pension cards
As most members will be aware, some years ago The Western Front Association saved from destruction millions of pension r…
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The Western Front Association PhD Grants Scheme 2020/21
The Western Front Association is delighted to announce the names of those who will receive the PhD Grants Scheme awards …
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Bulletin 118 November 2020
Published slightly delayed until December Bulletin 118 contains the following: Bulletin 118 November 2020 Ite…
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Announcing 'Illusions of Peace' Digital Conference
The years after 1918 did not, as popular myth would have it, bring about universal peace. In fact, the ‘war to end all w…
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